30 Selected Artists at LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2022
Published: 11.02.2022
Brooch: Crypsis, 2020
Stoneware, porcelain, leather, silver, brass, steel
12.3 x 9 x 1.3 cm
Photo by: Ricardo Villalobos
From series: Crypsis
Selected Finalist at the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2022.
Confounding the expectations of the viewer, the palate and materials chosen for this brooch are intended to create a sense of tactility that deceives the eye of the viewer. Contreras has created something that, on first viewing, appears to be a second skin and, with further attention, is revealed to be an ornamental piece of jewellery. Created from two elements made of porcelain, earthy stoneware, and leather, and wrapped with tulle that can be combined into one piece, the compositions are assembled in silver using traditional jewellery techniques.
Confounding the expectations of the viewer, the palate and materials chosen for this brooch are intended to create a sense of tactility that deceives the eye of the viewer. Contreras has created something that, on first viewing, appears to be a second skin and, with further attention, is revealed to be an ornamental piece of jewellery. Created from two elements made of porcelain, earthy stoneware, and leather, and wrapped with tulle that can be combined into one piece, the compositions are assembled in silver using traditional jewellery techniques.
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LOEWE is pleased to announce the names of the 30 shortlisted artists for the 2022 edition of the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize. Each finalist’s work will be exhibited at the Seoul Museum of Craft Art (SeMoCA), Seoul from 1 July to 30 July 2022.
The fifth edition of the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize presents an invigorating selection of works that display contemporary updates to centuries-old tradition. Many of the finalists selected this year have presented works that show a deep understanding and mastery of ancient techniques from across the globe, combined with the application of novel and unexpected materials to create works that are both relevant to our present time and relationship with the past while striving to look to the future. The selection of works also speaks to humanity’s connection to the natural world and to geometry in natural form.
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